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Assertory oath

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

One relating to a past or present fact or state of facts, as distinguished from a "promissory" oath which relates to future conduct; particularly, any oath required by law other than in judicial proceedings and upon induction to office, such, for example, as an oath to be made at the custom-house relative to goods imported.